"I think Chris Christie's approach is exactly right," Baker said on the show. "He basically walked into a situation that was completely out of control on the spending and tax side, and he said, look, we're gonna draw a box here, and we're going to get out of this mess by reforming and restructuring state government, cutting state spending and getting serious about sending a message to every business and every family in New Jersey saying: State government is going to live within its means the same way everyone else does."